By Chitra Weerarathne
The Court of Appeal yesterday re-fixed for hearing on March 3 and March 10, the Contempt of Court application against the President of the Government Medical Officers’ Association Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya.
Counsel Ravindranath Dabare said that his client Dr. Padeniya was under self-quarantine and was unable to attend Court.
Dr. Padeniya was summoned for Contempt of Court under Article 105/3 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka for allegedly having criticised a Superior Court ruling in respect of the admission of students to the Sri Lanka Institute of Technology and Medicine, Malabe, at a public rally on April 7, 2016, disrespecting a Supreme Court order pertaining to the enrolment of a student in the Private Medical College, which will ultimately lead to an MBBS degree.
‘Commissions wasted public funds, no tangible results’ By Dinasena Ratugamage Tamil Makkal Thesiya Kutani (TMTK) leader C.V. Wigneswaran, MP, alleged in Jaffna on Monday (18) that the government was making a fresh bid to deceive the Genava-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by appointing another Commission of Inquiry. Former Justice Wigneswaran, who served as […]
MCC IN SRI LANKA; LETTERS SENT WITHOUT AGS APPROVAL
MCC IN SRI LANKA; LETTERS SENT WITHOUT AGS APPROVAL
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Colombo (News 1st); Attorney General Dappula De Livera on Tuesday (19) advised the Secretary to the President that the MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) Compact & Programme Implementation Agreement, as well as the Articles of Association of MCA (Millennium Challenge Act), are inconsistent with Written Laws & the Constitution.
The Attorney General in a 20-page report sent to Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the President had stated the observations made by the relevant government bodies and ministries as well as the report of the committee appointed by the Prime Minister were taken into consideration.